Gastric emptying patterns in Kaposi's sarcoma and gastroenteritis secondary to human immunodeficiency virus infection

The study included 11 patients with AIDS who underwent gastric emptying studies for solid food, endoscopy (esophagogastroduodenoscopy), and gastric biopsy whenever gastritis was diagnosed on endoscopy. All studies were performed within 1 week. The studies were retrospectively reviewed to analyze the changes in gastric emptying secondary to Kaposi's sarcoma (KS) with or without opportunistic infections. Two patients with KS only had rapid gastric emptying (T1/2 6.7 and 45 minutes). Two other patients with KS and opportunistic infections had normal gastric emptying (T1/2 56.7 and 70 minutes), and one patient with KS and opportunistic infections had rapid gastric emptying (T1/2 25.9 minutes)